diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 962b6f4bb3..fede89e186 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ $(SOURCE_DIR)/rabbit_framing.erl: codegen.py $(AMQP_CODEGEN_DIR)/amqp_codegen.py
 $(EBIN_DIR)/rabbit.boot $(EBIN_DIR)/rabbit.script: $(EBIN_DIR)/rabbit.app $(EBIN_DIR)/rabbit.rel $(TARGETS)
 	erl -noshell -eval 'systools:make_script("ebin/rabbit", [{path, ["ebin"]}]), halt().'
 
-dialyze: $(TARGETS)
+dialyze: $(BEAM_TARGETS)
 	dialyzer -c $?
 
 clean: cleandb